Resources, and Judiciary committees. She replaced Senator Steve King as chair of the Legislative Audit committee while King faced felony charges. She was a member of the LGBTQ caucus. She supported Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and 2016 primaries and Amy Klobuchar in the 2020 primaries. In 2015, she was selected to replace Senator Morgan Carroll as the Minority Leader in the state senate after Carroll gave the position up so that she could run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives from the 6th congressional district. She was the first Latina lesbian to serve as Minority Leader in the Colorado General Assembly. She resigned her position as Minority Leader in protest of the Republican's handling of sexual harassment allegations against members of the state senate. She stated that the last straw was when the Republicans condemned Senator Daniel Kagan for demanding a floor debate on the conduct of Senator Randy Baumgardner. Guzmán and Senator Leroy Garcia switched positions with Garcia becoming Minority Leader while Guzmán became the assistant minority leader. Political positions Guzmán introduced legislation to add homeless people to the list of protected categories in hate crime legislation. She introduced legislation to abolish the death penalty in 2013. She and nine other Democrats in the state senate were given a score of 100% from the AFL–CIO. She introduced and supported legislation to create same-sex civil unions and to prohibit conversion therapy on minors. Guzmán was among thirty-seven legislators who endorsed a letter in 2018, calling for Planned Parenthood to allow for their workers to form an union. She received an A rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America. Electoral history References External links Legislative homepage 1945 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party Colorado state senators Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Colorado Hispanic and Latino American women in politics Lesbian politicians LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people LGBT state legislators in Colorado Living people Politicians from Denver Women state legislators in Colorado